September 12, 2024

Polaris Dawn astronauts perform spacewalk

 [[{“value”:”Astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission conducted the first spacewalk on a non-governmental mission Sept. 12, briefly emerging from their Crew Dragon spacecraft. The post Polaris Dawn astronauts perform spacewalk appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]]  [[{“value”:” Astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission conducted the first spacewalk on a non-governmental mission Sept. 12, briefly emerging from their …

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My dead father is “writing” me notes again

 A recent AI discovery resurrected my late father’s handwriting—and I want anyone to use it.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge / An AI-generated image featuring my late father’s handwriting. (credit: Benj Edwards / Flux) Growing up, if I wanted to experiment with something technical, my dad made it happen. We shared dozens of tech adventures together, but those …

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FAA defends Starship licensing delays

 [[{“value”:”A day after harsh criticism from Congress and industry, the FAA defended its approach to launch licensing and, specifically, its work with SpaceX. The post FAA defends Starship licensing delays appeared first on SpaceNews.”}]]  [[{“value”:” A day after harsh criticism from Congress and industry, the FAA defended its approach to launch licensing and, specifically, its …

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As quantum computing threats loom, Microsoft updates its core crypto library

 Two algorithms added so far, two more planned in the coming months.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has updated a key cryptographic library with two new encryption algorithms designed to withstand attacks from quantum computers. The updates were made last week to SymCrypt, a core cryptographic code library for handing cryptographic functions in Windows …

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